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Trees will be planted by the city\u00a0and the citizens\u00a0of Lappeenranta\u00a0in celebration of its\u00a0370th birthday in Lauritsala on\u00a027.9.2019. Anyone can plant a tree to the Greenreality anniversary\u00a0park, located at the corner of Hy\u00f6ti\u00f6ntie and Luukkaankatu. Also companies and communities are welcome to join.<\/p>\n
The seed planted must be acquired independently from local garden stores, for instance. The seeds cost around 30-50 euros. The city takes care of the planting spot\u00a0and after planting care. There are about a hundred planting spots available.<\/p>\n
The tree planted can be either linden, oak or Serbian spruce. Linden has been\u00a0chosen since Lappeenranta is known as “the city of lindens”, while oak is\u00a0significant in the Lauritsala area as it is. Serbian spruce can withstand air pollutants better than any other coniferous tree.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0planting will occur on 27.9., a day\u00a0in Finland known as the nameday of Vesa, from 2 pm to 4 pm. The event will be opened by the city’s Mayor Kimmo Jarva.\u00a0Internationally the day is known as Arbor day\u00a0and, among other things,\u00a0the purpose is to draw attention to the health benefits of city trees, says the city gardener of Lappeenranta Hannu Tolonen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u2212 Trees have an important role in the biodiversity of the city environment<\/p>\n The Environmental Manager\u00a0of Lappeenranta Ilkka R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u00a0<\/strong>notes that there are plenty of ways\u00a0to\u00a0mitigate climate change, from which citizens can choose one that best suits them. Planting a tree is one way of participating.<\/p>\n \u2212 Forests and trees are important carbon sinks. One cubic meter of trees binds\u00a0a tonne of carbon dioxide. The annual carbon footprint of a citizen\u00a0of Lappeenranta is about 10 tonnes.<\/p>\n Representatives of the media are welcomed to join the event.<\/p>\n To participate in the planting, please sign up for the event\u00a0by contacting the City Gardener Hannu Tolonen (contact information on the left). \u00a0 Trees will be planted by the city\u00a0and the citizens\u00a0of Lappeenranta\u00a0in celebration of its\u00a0370th birthday in Lauritsala on\u00a027.9.2019. Anyone can plant a tree to the Greenreality anniversary\u00a0park, located at the corner of Hy\u00f6ti\u00f6ntie and Luukkaankatu. Also companies and communities are welcome to join. The seed planted must be acquired independently from local garden stores, for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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